TY - BOOK ID - 145961189 TI - Agroecological Approaches for Soil Health and Water Management AU - Ghimire, Rajan. AU - Acharya, Bharat Sharma. PY - 2022 PB - Basel : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, DB - UniCat KW - Research. KW - Biology. KW - Technology. KW - Engineering. KW - Agriculture. KW - land use change KW - tillage KW - fertilization KW - N2O fluxes KW - subtropical region KW - paddy field KW - soil organic carbon KW - denitrification decomposition (DNDC) KW - climate change KW - biochar KW - food security KW - socio-economics benefits KW - sustainable agriculture KW - sustainable environment KW - evaluation of soil and water conservation KW - simulated rainfall events KW - soil denudation KW - water and sediment process KW - nitrogen KW - nitrate leaching KW - nitrous oxide KW - soil resilience KW - soil microbiome KW - regenerative agriculture KW - ecological ditch KW - agroforestry KW - conservation agriculture KW - Europe KW - North Africa KW - nutrient retention KW - organic agriculture KW - soil conservation KW - water conservation KW - sodium adsorption ratio KW - relative feed value, forage nutritive value KW - oat KW - alfalfa KW - forage crops KW - alternative water source KW - agriculture landscape KW - chlorophyll content of citrus KW - landscape position KW - soil properties KW - terraces KW - soil health indicators KW - grazing systems KW - permanganate oxidizable carbon KW - soil microbial biomass KW - carbon KW - isotopic signature KW - Mustang KW - natural abundance KW - nutrient sourcing KW - maize equivalent yield KW - nutrient loss KW - runoff KW - soil loss KW - slope KW - strip-intercropping KW - water use efficiency KW - structure optimization KW - carbon footprint KW - multi-objective linear programming KW - circular agriculture KW - hydrogel KW - soil quality KW - chemico-physical properties KW - sustainability KW - macronutrient KW - nutrient deficiency KW - nutrient uptake KW - site-specific nutrient management KW - soil organic matter KW - soil biodiversity KW - bacteria KW - fungi KW - microarthropods KW - diatoms KW - metataxonomic assays KW - land use change KW - tillage KW - fertilization KW - N2O fluxes KW - subtropical region KW - paddy field KW - soil organic carbon KW - denitrification decomposition (DNDC) KW - climate change KW - biochar KW - food security KW - socio-economics benefits KW - sustainable agriculture KW - sustainable environment KW - evaluation of soil and water conservation KW - simulated rainfall events KW - soil denudation KW - water and sediment process KW - nitrogen KW - nitrate leaching KW - nitrous oxide KW - soil resilience KW - soil microbiome KW - regenerative agriculture KW - ecological ditch KW - agroforestry KW - conservation agriculture KW - Europe KW - North Africa KW - nutrient retention KW - organic agriculture KW - soil conservation KW - water conservation KW - sodium adsorption ratio KW - relative feed value, forage nutritive value KW - oat KW - alfalfa KW - forage crops KW - alternative water source KW - agriculture landscape KW - chlorophyll content of citrus KW - landscape position KW - soil properties KW - terraces KW - soil health indicators KW - grazing systems KW - permanganate oxidizable carbon KW - soil microbial biomass KW - carbon KW - isotopic signature KW - Mustang KW - natural abundance KW - nutrient sourcing KW - maize equivalent yield KW - nutrient loss KW - runoff KW - soil loss KW - slope KW - strip-intercropping KW - water use efficiency KW - structure optimization KW - carbon footprint KW - multi-objective linear programming KW - circular agriculture KW - hydrogel KW - soil quality KW - chemico-physical properties KW - sustainability KW - macronutrient KW - nutrient deficiency KW - nutrient uptake KW - site-specific nutrient management KW - soil organic matter KW - soil biodiversity KW - bacteria KW - fungi KW - microarthropods KW - diatoms KW - metataxonomic assays UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145961189 AB - In the last century, innovations in agricultural technologies centered on maximizing food production to feed the growing population have contributed to significant changes in agroecosystem processes, including carbon, nutrients, and water cycling. There are growing concerns regarding soil fertility depletion, soil carbon loss, greenhouse gas emissions, irrigational water scarcity, and water pollution, affecting soil health, agricultural productivity, systems sustainability, and environmental quality. Soils provide the foundation for food production, soil water and nutrient cycling, and soil biological activities. Therefore, an improved understanding of biochemical pathways of soil organic matter and nutrient cycling, microbial community involved in regulating soil health, and soil processes associated with water flow and retention in soil profile helps design better agricultural systems and ultimately support plant growth and productivity. This book, Agroecological Approaches in Soil and Water Management, presents a collection of original research and review papers studying physical, chemical, and biological processes in soils and discusses multiple ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration, nutrients and water cycling, greenhouse gas emissions, and agro-environmental sustainability. We covered tillage, nutrients, irrigation, amendments, crop rotations, crop residue management practices for improving soil health, soil C and nutrient cycling, greenhouse gas emissions, soil water dynamics, and hydrological processes. ER -